February may be short on days, but it will be long on ambition in the local performing arts scene. Prometheus Trio will play one of the most unusual pieces of its 13 seasons. Theatre Gigante will stage one of the first U.S. performances of a Hungarian playwright's dark comedy. Present Music will perform contemporary chamber music in several small venues.

And now for something completely different, Carte Blanche Studios will stage an adaptation of the best thing John Cleese has done outside "Monty Python." | Feb. 1, 2013»Read Full Article

You think 16 years was a long wait for a new Soundgarden studio album? Well, the wait for a Milwaukee show was even longer.

But there they were, Chris Cornell and company, on the stage at a sold-out Eagles Ballroom on Friday, 19 years after headlining the Marcus Amphitheater at Summerfest in 1994 in their last Milwaukee show. | Feb. 2, 2013»Read Full Article(4)

Former state Supreme Court Justice and Marquette University law professor Janine Geske has agreed to help mediate the stalemated negotiations between the War Memorial Board and the Milwaukee Art Museum over how their landlord-tenant relationship will change with the launching of a $25 million renovation project.

Geske served on the state's highest court from 1993 to '98 and was interim Milwaukee County executive for 2 ½ months in 2002, after the resignation under fire of then-County Executive F. Thomas Ament. She has extensive experience in mediation and conflict resolution. She also served as a Milwaukee County circuit judge from 1981 to 1993. | Feb. 1, 2013»Read Full Article(6)

While watching a recent CBS's "NCIS: Los Angeles" (don't judge - ladies do love cool James), I witnessed what has to be one of the most egregious offenses on television crime dramas and it's posing a serious threat to my TV viewing (and by extension to anyone watching TV with me).

In an early scene from the aforementioned episode, Kensi Blye (Daniela Ruah) and her partner Marty Deeks (Eric Christian Olsen) are heading down the garden path of a Beverly Hills mansion when they pass a gardener. He gives the agents a passing glance, but that look, that stealthy stare tells me instantly that the gardener is not just pruning the roses, he's the bad guy, the guilty party and the reason for the episode's murder and mayhem. | Feb. 1, 2013»Read Full Article(1)

When Sara Krajewski entered the lobby at Seattle’s On the Boards for a performance, things were already askew. Dancers were in the anteroom, nearly still, like quickened sculptures. Aspects of the stage set were set about the space.

Once inside the black box theater, Krajewski discovered a riser with seats for the audience up on stage, leaving a narrow sliver for the performers. Proximity to the dancers – to their athleticism and grace – was intimate, uncomfortable even. | Feb. 1, 2013»Read Full Blog Post(2)

Co-owner Becky Berger said the Shorewood shop will have six self-serve frozen yogurt machines. Although it won't have a bakery case since an Alterra cafe is across the street, it will have some packaged treats for sale, she said. | Feb. 1, 2013»Read Full Blog Post

Stand-up comedian Marc Maron, whose talking-about-comedy podcasts have made him one of the medium's biggest and most connected performers, will bring his stand-up A-game to the Pabst Theater at 8 p.m. May 4.

Maron's podcast, "WTF With Marc Maron," averages 2.5 million to 3 million downloads a month, and helped him land a half-hour scripted series, "Maron," on IFC. The show will air later this spring. | Feb. 1, 2013»Read Full Article

It’s at 2116 N. Farwell Ave., next door to the newly opened Simple Cafe, a breakfast and lunch spot. Fushimi has parking and a second entrance in the back, accessible off E. Windsor Place. | Feb. 1, 2013»Read Full Blog Post

I'm not sure if I've met any Milwaukee performer with more energy than Juiceboxxx. The Milwaukee native (he doesn't claim a home base for now, but he was last living in Los Angeles) was in our studios last year to perform a couple of tracks off his awesome debut full-length "I Don't Want to Go Into the Darkness." It was a raucous good time. And it was really loud.

So I'm not surprised in the slightest to see JB running through the streets, ripping off his shirt, and spraying a can of what I can presume is an energy drink, for the new music video for "Darkness" track "Like a Renegade." Nor am I surprised that the whole thing was done in one take. | Feb. 1, 2013»Read Full Blog Post

If you haven't gotten your ticket to the Soundgarden reunion show Friday -- sorry, sold out. But you can live the Soundgarden reunion experience through music writer Piet Levy's preview of the show here.